What did you win in REA?

I made my first major auction house purchase since the late 80s tonight. I won the lot of 4 t215 type cards.

REA t215-2 lot of 4

I know what some others won but I'll let them post it.

sh*t...it looks like I won a bunch of sleepless nights...and 1 episode of practically vomiting early this morning!

Congrats Pete on the Lowdermilk!!!

I finally fixed my Kelly hankering with this:

Pete, I wasn't sure if you were going to cry or jump for joy. You did good though. Should I tell everyone what you won? Or are you going to leave them wondering?

Great pickup on that Kelly...I'm really feeling quite ill today...what the f$CK have I done?!

It appears I now own a Jim Thorpe card...

Sweet Thorpe!

Come'on, Pete... Out with it!

Chris, I'm surprised you bid on that.

Pete, you'll do fine. The you should do well on the break of those two multi-card lots.

The Kelly is cool, especially considering its provenance.

Well it was actually a placeholder bid that held up Jay - I have to confess that I wasn't aggressively pursuing it.

That said, there is nothing wrong with owning a Thorpe from one of the major sets of the period!

I had my first major auction win:



I have wanted a minidecal bat since I ran a sportscard store in 1989 when a farmer came in with a Joe Jackson mini decal bat and were not able to obtain it.

It almost appears that the late bidding on many of the vintage items was very slow.

Congrats to others on there wins, it appears Pete will be eating Ramon noodles for the rest of the year.

Lee

Beautiful bat, Lee!

Congratulations, Pete. Just imagine what verbose prose could be written about your win.

Jamie, you did the right thing getting back in there on the Kelly. Billy Sunday owned that. It's incredible.

Jay, congrats on the win. Glad you could get a souvenir from the find.

congrats guys...I ended up with the loudy, the lot of 24 t215-1's, the e94 lot and the ruth exhibit dressed in tidey bowl white!

I'm coming to grips with what I've done...I'm a little scared to have totally depleted my existing cash savings...but I feel positive about most of the purchases!

Congrats to all!


For the $$$...I'd much rather have the loudy....than a lot of other cards selling in the vicinity!

Great cards everyone, love the T215's and 19th stuff.....and Pete dont feel to bad you're not alone on juice and Ramen noodles just yet.

John,

Wow John - those are some amazing cards - congrats!

Amazing pickups! Congrats!

Nothing for me this year.

A PSA 5 Brown Back Lenox! That's OUTRAGEOUS!!!

Great job, John, but I'm afraid we're going to have to kick you off the board for posting that.

Amazing pick ups !!!!!!!!! Congrats to everyone looks like y'all mopped up !! Pete and John could hold their own auction my goodness wow wow wow !! I won the T215 Red Cross Bender so have been very excited as I have been waiting months to try to get a chance to win it, now that it is over feels better than ever !

Way to go, Jhonny!

Congrats, Johnny. Great price on the card, when the Bender goes for the same price as the Donlin.

Lee

I was happy to score a fantastic pair of cards for my main collection (had to maintain focus and discipline...)



and:

Awesome, Blair.

Your card is on the way.

Lee

pete--you are sick, sick, sick in the head...CONGRATS! i knew you had it in ya

wonka--amazing stuff as always, i expected nothing less.

looks like a strong auction for the FC members...even jay got in on the action (surprised he still had money to spend after he recently got a new CFO).

jbonie wrote:Great job, John, but I'm afraid we're going to have to kick you off the board for posting that.

I knew it was just a matter of time, does this mean at the Full Count dinner I get stuck with the drink bill?

Cheers,

John

P.S. Amazing stuff by all the 19th Sunday/Kelly, T215 and many others along with Pete's selling of a kidney for an amazing Lowdermilk made me smile. Pete I think think folks at PBS shilled you up to make sure their number was close...FYI be careful.